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Why Parents Are Choosing Private Over Public Schools
Byline: By Jasmine Accra, Ghana — When 35-year-old Lydia Owusu enrolled her son Kobby in a private basic school in Adenta, she did so with mixed emotions. It meant cutting back on luxuries, skipping vacations, and sometimes borrowing money. “But I had no choice,” she says. “The public school near us had 60 children in one class, and the teacher barely knew their names.” Like Lydia, an increasing number of Ghanaian parents are opting for private schools — even in low-income communities — in search of smaller classes, tighter discipline, and better academic results. Once seen as a luxury for the elite, private education has become a mainstream response to…